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Survey of ethnomedicinal plants from district ()

OP Singh1, AK Singh2 1 Department of Biology, S. Chandra Mahila Maha Vidhyalaya, Ashti, Gadchiroli Maharastra, India 2 Department of Botany, RBS College, , Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract is a district of uttar Pradesh state of India, is inhibited by the large population of villagers and farmers. The survey of the district was carried out the study of Ethnomedicinal plants used as a medicinal source also present survey of the total number of plant species 10 belong to 10 families were used by population of Hathras district. Plants are described on the basis of diseases.

Keywords: survey, ethnomedicinal plants, Hathras, UP, India

Introduction Material and Methods Present survey of Hathras district geographically location is Extensive survey work among the people of rural areas of in between 20.4° and 29° North latitude and 76° and 77° Hathras district was carried out. A numbers of Baidhyas and East longitudes. The area of the district Hathras is 175.6 Sq. Hakeem were contected. Utilization of plants in medicine is km. about 398hectare land area covered by forest of district still providing not only among the rural and tribal peoples of Hathras. The Hathras district bounded by the , Agra, Hathras district but also among the several other and district. The rural population of the area communition who live in the rural or forest areas. The field are exclusively depend on the natural vegetation for survey were under covering all seasons for gathering vegetables, fruits and spices etc. The important crops of information on ethnomedicinal plants among the rural and Hathras district are mainly, wheat, barley, potato, paddy, tribal population by conducting survey difrant villages of mustard, maize and sugarcane respectively. Major district Hathras of Uttar Pradesh during 2014-2015 As population of Hathras district is depends on dairy and methodological suggested by Kirtikar et al. (1983) [3] Singh farming for their living singh (2017) [9]. The people of the and Gupta (2008) [8], Jain (1989) [4], Siddiqui et al. (1995) rural areas of the district Hathras have used in traditionl [6], Puri (1993) [5], Singh And Subramanyam 2008 [7] were herbal medicine. Less of communication and traveling followed during collection, preservation of specimens. A between villages and town and financial condition poor may large number of flora were consultet specially of Flora of be important factors for keeping them away from the British India, Vol. 7 (Hooker 1984), Flora of Dehradun Vol. modern medicine. Plants are utilized in our traditional 4 (Kanjilal et al. 1969) [2] and Glossary of medicinal plant system and a large population still depend on the traditional (Chopra et al. 1956) for the proper identification of the medicines. collected Ethnomedicinal plant specimens to cure different Thus urgent need is valuable information of ethnobotany types of diseases. and the conservation of these plant species as well as the natural habitat. Result and Discussion The present survey has underlined probable requirement of Present investigation were carried out to cure different types ethnobotanical survey and traditional knowledge use of of diseases by medicinal plant reportet 10 plant species plant parts for the benefit of human being (Jan et. al. 2018) belong to the 10 families Hathras district (U.P.) India. The [10]. The present survey carried out on the Hathras district of following valuable information were provided for each plant Utter Pradesh state of India is only an attempt to document species like botanical name, local name, family, plant part the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by rural used as a medicine by the rural people of Hathras ditrict are people of the district. presented in table.

Table 1: Herbal drugs used by rural people of Hathras district Uttar Pradesh

Sr. No. Botanical Name Local Name Family Method of preparation and use of medicine Plant may be used as a cooling medicine. Whole plant is eaten as 1. Centella asiatica Urb. Brahmi Apiaceae vegetable Specially after illness and develops mouth taste also. After menstruration 10 ml juice of whole plant should be given to 2. Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. Amrbel Convolvulaceae women once only. The would make women sterile forever. The fresh paste of cannabis sativa leaves is applied and tied over the 3. Cannabis sativa Linn. Bhang Cannabinaceae anus twice daily for 6-7 days for curing piles. Flowers and seeds are medicinal value and they are laxative stimulate 4. Carthamus tinctorius Linn. Kusum Asteraceae the menstrual flow and induce respiration system. 5. Cassia occidentalis Linn. Kasondi Caesalpiniaceae Leaves are used in cough, asthma. Roots are used in skin infection,

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and seeds are given in the fever. Convolvulus pluricaulis Shankhapus The juice of plant is useful nervine debility and other complaints of 6. Convolvulaceae Choisy. pi the system. Cleorodendrum plomidis Leaves are boiled in oil for application in ophthalmic disease and 7. Arni Verbenaceae (Linn.) Gaertn. whole plant when given to cattle as a cure for diarrhoea and worm. Capparis decidua (Forsk) Top shoot and young leaves are used as a plaster for swelling. Its 8. Heins Capparidaceae Edgew. powder is used to cheeks blisters. Fruits are used in curries and said to be useful for diabetes. Such 9. Coccinia grandis Voigt. Gulkankari Cucurbitaceae advocacy has been made by person surffering from diabetic condition. Tuber used for dog bite. The underground part tuber given 25 gm 10. Cyperus rotundus Linn. Montha Cyperaceae daily for 21 days early morning. It is preventive medicine against hydrophobia.

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